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Game Preview: TOR @ KCR, 8:10pm, Thursday, May 1, 2014 @Kauffman Stadium

Blue Jays, 12-15, 12-15 4th, 3½ GB, 2½ GB in WC

SP: Mark Buehrle (35, LHP, 4-1, 2.16)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. KCR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (4-1) 33.1 33 9 8 8 19 1 2.16
2013 (12-10) 203.2 223 100 94 51 139 24 4.15
2012 (13-13) 202.1 197 88 84 40 125 26 3.74
Last 7 GS 5-2 42.2 46 13 12 8 25 2 2.53 54
2014-04-25 BOS L 5.1 12 7 6 3 0 1 101 15
2014-04-19 @CLE W 7.0 4 0 0 3 3 0 107 69
2014-04-13 @BAL W 7.0 5 1 1 0 2 0 91 65
2014-04-08 HOU W 5.1 8 1 1 1 3 0 81 50
2014-04-02 @TBR W 8.2 4 0 0 1 11 0 108 86
2013-09-26 @BAL L 3.1 8 3 3 0 1 1 50 33
2013-09-21 @BOS W 6.0 5 1 1 0 5 0 98 63
Last 5 v.KCR 2-1 32.1 39 17 16 7 15 3 4.45 47
2013-08-30 KCR W 7.0 4 0 0 1 5 0 99 73
2011-09-15 @KCR L 6.1 15 7 6 2 1 2 104 16
2011-07-18 @KCR W 7.0 5 2 2 1 3 0 111 61
2011-07-04 KCR ND 7.0 7 3 3 1 4 1 101 54
2011-04-06 @KCR ND 5.0 8 5 5 2 2 0 86 31
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    5-7    Road:    7-8    ExtrInn: 0-1 
 vsRHP:   9-11   vsLHP:   3-4    1-Run:   1-2 
 vsEast:  7-9    vsCntrl: 3-5    vsWest:  2-1  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 27 Wed, Apr 30  @KCR  L   2-4       12-15  4th  3.5 gb
 26 Tue, Apr 29  @KCR  L   7-10      12-14  4th  3.0 gb
 25 Sun, Apr 27   BOS  W   7-1       12-13  3rd  3.0 gb
 24 Sat, Apr 26   BOS  L   6-7       11-13  4th  3.0 gb
 23 Fri, Apr 25   BOS  L   1-8       11-12  3rd  2.0 gb
 22 Thu, Apr 24   BAL  L   4-11      11-11  3rd  2.0 gb
 21 Wed, Apr 23   BAL  L   8-10      11-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 20 Tue, Apr 22   BAL  W   9-3       11-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 19 Sun, Apr 20  @CLE  L   4-6       10-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 18 Sat, Apr 19  @CLE  W   5-0       10-8   1st    Tied
 Last 10: 3-7    Last 20: 9-11   Last 30:12-15
Royals, 14-12, 14-12 2nd, 1½ GB, tied for WC

SP: Jeremy Guthrie (35, RHP, 2-1, 4.22)

2014 Gamelogs / 2014 Splits / vs. TOR Current Lineup
Split IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA/Pit GSc
2014 (2-1) 32.0 33 15 15 8 17 5 4.22
2013 (15-12) 211.2 236 99 95 59 111 30 4.04
2012 (8-12) 181.2 206 109 96 50 101 30 4.76
Last 7 GS 3-2 45.0 44 20 20 11 22 7 4.00 51
2014-04-26 @BAL ND 7.0 6 2 2 1 3 0 97 59
2014-04-21 @CLE L 6.1 10 4 4 0 3 2 98 40
2014-04-16 @HOU ND 6.0 6 4 4 2 4 2 103 46
2014-04-09 TBR W 7.0 4 1 1 1 4 1 109 68
2014-04-04 CHW W 5.2 7 4 4 4 3 0 111 38
2013-09-26 @CHW W 7.0 4 2 2 1 4 2 95 64
2013-09-21 TEX L 6.0 7 3 3 2 1 0 100 45
Last 5 v.TOR 1-1 30.0 27 10 10 9 22 3 3.00 56
2013-08-31 @TOR ND 7.0 8 1 1 0 4 0 92 61
2011-09-09 @TOR W 7.0 3 0 0 3 5 0 104 73
2011-08-30 TOR ND 6.0 6 3 3 2 5 1 111 51
2011-06-16 @TOR ND 5.0 1 0 0 1 5 0 64 69
2011-06-05 TOR L 5.0 9 6 6 3 3 2 87 25
Lineups / Orders / Splits: Bat / Pitch / GL: Bat / Pitch 
 Home:    8-3    Road:    6-9    ExtrInn: 1-2 
 vsRHP:  11-10   vsLHP:   3-2    1-Run:   2-6 
 vsEast:  6-2    vsCntrl: 5-10   vsWest:  3-0  IL: 0-0 

Last 10 Games
Gm# Date & Box   Opp W/L Score      Record   Place/GB
 26 Wed, Apr 30   TOR  W   4-2       14-12  2nd  1.5 gb
 25 Tue, Apr 29   TOR  W  10-7       13-12  2nd  1.5 gb
 24 Sun, Apr 27  @BAL  W   9-3       12-12  3rd  1.5 gb
 23 Sat, Apr 26  @BAL  L   2-3 (10)  11-12  3rd  2.0 gb
 22 Fri, Apr 25  @BAL  W   5-0       11-11  2nd  2.0 gb
 21 Thu, Apr 24  @CLE  L   1-5       10-11  4th  2.0 gb
 20 Wed, Apr 23  @CLE  L   3-5       10-10  2nd  1.0 gb
 19 Tue, Apr 22  @CLE  W   8-2       10-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 18 Mon, Apr 21  @CLE  L   3-4        9-9   2nd  1.0 gb
 17 Sun, Apr 20   MIN  L   3-8        9-8   2nd  1.0 gb
 Last 10: 5-5    Last 20:11-9    Last 30:14-12

Last 10 games for these teams head-to-head
Wed, Apr 30, 2014 KCR  4  TOR  2        W:Kelvin Herrera (1-1), L: Drew Hutchison (1-2), S: Greg Holland (7)
Tue, Apr 29, 2014 KCR 10  TOR  7        W:Aaron Crow (1-1), L: Brett Cecil (0-2), S: none

Sun, Sep 01, 2013 KCR  5 @TOR  0        W:James Shields (10-8), L: J.A. Happ (3-5), S: none
Sat, Aug 31, 2013 TOR  4  KCR  2        W:R.A. Dickey (11-12), L: Kelvin Herrera (5-7), S: Casey Janssen (26)
Fri, Aug 30, 2013 TOR  3  KCR  2        W:Mark Buehrle (11-7), L: Ervin Santana (8-8), S: Casey Janssen (25)
Sun, Apr 14, 2013 KCR  3  TOR  2        W:Kelvin Herrera (1-0), L: Darren Oliver (0-1), S: none
Sat, Apr 13, 2013 TOR  3 @KCR  2        W:R.A. Dickey (1-2), L: James Shields (1-2), S: Casey Janssen (3)
Fri, Apr 12, 2013 TOR  8 @KCR  4        W:J.A. Happ (2-0), L: Luis Mendoza (0-1), S: Aaron Loup (1)
Thu, Jul 05, 2012 KCR  9 @TOR  6        W:Luke Hochevar (6-8), L: Henderson Alvarez (5-7), S: Jonathan Broxton (21)
Wed, Jul 04, 2012 TOR  4  KCR  1        W:Carlos Villanueva (3-0), L: Luis Mendoza (3-5), S: Casey Janssen (11)
Season Series: 2014 - KCR over 2-0; 2013 - TOR won 4-2; 2012 - TOR won 6-2; All-Time - TOR leads 187-180

Key for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids on the next pageKey for Batter vs. Pitcher Grids Below

Batter vs. Pitcher totals are career totals. All others are year-to-date.

PA - Plate Appearances (AB+BB+HBP+SH+SF+CI)
BF - Batters Faced
BA - Batting Average
OBP - On-Base Percentage
SLG - Slugging Percentage
Last 28d - PA and OPS in the last 28 days.
SB/CS - Stolen Bases and Caught Stealing
HR/E - Home Runs and Errors Made
ERA-K/9 - Earned Run Average and SO per 9 IP
Total - Team totals for those categories.
Usage - See the note below the grid. 		OPS - On-Base Percentage + Slugging Percentage (a good single number for measuring a player's hitting, avg. is .750 or so)
RA/G & RS/G - Runs scored and allowed per game.
PA/vRH - Plate Appearances overall/PA's vs. Right-handed Pitchers
Catcher Def. - Catcher Defense with each catcher's Stolen Bases, Caught Stealings, and Passed Balls allowed.
G/S/vB or G/S/vP - Links to the player's 2014 gamelogs, splits, or career batter vs. pitcher results
vLH/vRH - OPS vs. left-handed pitchers and vs. right-handed pitchers
Hm or Rd, Home or Road - OPS or OPS allowed in home or road games.
OF G: LF / CF / RF - A - Outfielders with the games played by position and their total number of assists
vs LHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against left-handed batters
vs RHB - Batters faced and OPS allowed against right-handed batters
HR/SB/CS - Pitcher's Home Runs, Stolen Bases and Caught Stealings allowed
MLB Best, Middle, Worst
Stat

Best

Middle

Worst

 RS/G

LAA  5.52

NYM  4.08

SDP  2.66

 RA/G

ATL  2.92

DET  4.13

ARI  5.77

 BA

C. Blackmon  .374

J. Abreu  .270

C. Granderson  .136

 OBP

T. Tulowitzki  .477

J. Donaldson  .338

Y. Alonso  .198

 SLG

T. Tulowitzki  .727

T. Flowers  .415

J. Gyorko  .215

 OPS

T. Tulowitzki  1.205

C. Davis  .754

Y. Alonso  .427

 ERA

J. Cueto  1.15

C. Lee  3.29

K. Correia  7.33

 K/9IP

S. Strasburg  14.03

D. Haren  7.84

R. Nolasco  3.94

Baseball-Reference.com-- Baseball's History: 1871-Now

Blue Jays Batters (4.52 RS/G) vs. Royals Pitchers (3.69 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 11.Guthrie
G/S/vB		 31.Coleman
G/S/vB		 43.Crow
G/S/vB		 17.Davis
G/S/vB		 41.Duffy*
G/S/vB		 40.Herrera
G/S/vB		 56.Holland
G/S/vB		 48.Mariot
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHRdLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
19.Bautista G/S/vP 34/.886 2/no AB 3/.333 26/.542 7/1.607 5/.650 5/.800 ··· 122/96 .293/.467/.598/1.065 1.300/1.000 1.051 105/1.025 0/1 8/1
53.Cabrera# G/S/vP 37/.973 1/.000 ··· 10/.644 1/no AB ··· ··· ··· 125/91 .342/.368/.567/.935 1.020/.902 .843 107/.982 3/0 5/0
1.Diaz G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 41/23 .176/.282/.206/.488 .437/.523 .437 35/.480 1/0 0/0
10.Encarnacion G/S/vP 34/1.112 3/1.666 5/1.467 22/.227 3/.333 5/1.000 4/2.083 ··· 117/94 .250/.333/.413/.747 .604/.781 .690 100/.836 1/0 2/1
47.Francisco* G/S/vP 3/3.334 1/.000 1/2.000 4/1.417 ··· 2/.500 ··· ··· 41/32 .257/.366/.486/.852 .000/1.123 .643 41/.852 0/0 2/0
39.Getz* G/S/vP 13/1.532 ··· 1/.000 7/.453 ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 8/5 .333/.429/.500/.929 .000/1.350 .929 8/.929 0/0 0/0
13.Lawrie G/S/vP 9/1.042 3/2.334 4/.250 7/1.238 3/.666 1/.000 3/1.333 ··· 107/80 .192/.243/.384/.627 .619/.629 .493 91/.688 0/0 6/0
30.Navarro# G/S/vP 15/.400 1/.000 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 1/no AB 1/.000 ··· 97/74 .311/.340/.389/.729 .696/.739 .547 80/.807 1/0 1/1
28.Rasmus* G/S/vP ··· 4/.000 3/.666 12/.349 5/.000 4/1.750 4/1.750 ··· 99/79 .194/.242/.387/.630 .639/.627 .598 82/.674 0/0 4/0
7.Reyes# G/S/vP 7/1.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.666 ··· 2/2.000 ··· ··· 48/34 .200/.250/.333/.583 .593/.579 .636 47/.596 0/0 1/1
14.Sierra G/S/vP 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 35/24 .059/.086/.059/.145 .000/.212 .221 30/.169 0/0 0/0
22.Thole* G/S/vP 3/.666 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 24/14 .478/.500/.522/1.022 .944/1.071 .833 22/1.024 0/2 0/0
IP 32.0 4.2 10.0 12.1 8.1 10.2 10.0 7.2 TOTAL .251/.324/.411/.735 .705/.745 .679 .755 8/3 32/9
ERA-K/9 4.22/4.8 7.71/9.6 0.00/6.3 2.92/16.8 2.16/11.9 2.53/8.4 2.70/14.4 2.35/9.4 3.20/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Navarro (22-4-3)
 Thole (2-1-0)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 136/.268 20/.278 40/.189 57/.156 36/.167 47/.238 41/.231 30/.185 .234  Rasmus
 Cabrera
 Bautista
 Sierra
 Diaz
0/23/0/3
26/1/0/2
0/4/24/1
2/0/6/0
1/1/1/0
OPS .779 1.017 .493 .471 .486 .676 .550 .526 .657
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 76/.858 7/.286 24/.432 29/.597 10/.200 23/.776 21/.496 18/.343 .620
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 60/.675 13/1.462 16/.583 28/.341 26/.610 24/.577 20/.600 12/.817 .686
Home 54/.689 12/1.152 22/.364 25/.527 9/.333 20/.871 24/.511 8/.661
Last 28d days 136/.779 20/1.017 37/.420 47/.481 36/.486 44/.726 40/.513 30/.526
HR/SB/CS 5/1/1 2/0/1 0/1/0 0/0/0 0/0/0 0/0/1 0/1/0 0/0/0 18/10/6
Usage ····X··· ·X··o··· Xo··X··· X···o··X o···o··· Xo·X···X X··X·o·· ······X·
Royals Batters (4.04 RS/G) vs. Blue Jays Pitchers (4.74 RA/G) -- OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
PA/OPS 56.Buehrle*
G/S/vB		 27.Cecil*
G/S/vB		 50.Delabar
G/S/vB		 48.Happ*
G/S/vB		 36.Hutchison
G/S/vB		 64.Jenkins
G/S/vB		 62.Loup*
G/S/vB		 58.Redmond
G/S/vB		 32.Rogers
G/S/vB		 21.Santos
G/S/vB		 PA/vRHBA/OBP/SLG/OPSvLH/RHHmLast 28dSB/CSHR/E
23.Aoki* G/S/vP 3/1.334 1/no AB ··· 7/1.714 3/1.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 ··· 111/91 .284/.336/.373/.709 1.382/.577 1.086 101/.769 3/3 0/1
16.Butler G/S/vP 65/.902 10/1.000 2/.500 8/.250 6/.533 2/.000 1/.000 ··· 3/.666 8/.375 109/83 .224/.284/.255/.540 .580/.527 .745 101/.551 0/0 0/
1.Dyson* G/S/vP 3/.000 1/2.000 1/2.000 4/1.000 3/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 1/2.000 38/35 .343/.361/.343/.704 .667/.707 .364 38/.704 5/1 0/2
2.Escobar G/S/vP 14/.786 7/.000 4/.000 13/.321 6/1.667 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 4/.500 4/1.167 96/80 .287/.347/.414/.761 .563/.804 .883 88/.818 5/1 1/2
4.Gordon* G/S/vP 34/.853 6/.367 2/.000 9/1.000 6/1.133 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/no AB 3/1.000 108/81 .270/.315/.400/.715 .499/.787 .794 100/.735 0/1 1/0
12.Hayes G/S/vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 4/4 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 3/.000 0/0 0/0
35.Hosmer* G/S/vP 13/.616 8/.500 2/.500 2/1.000 6/1.533 2/1.500 ··· 1/3.000 3/1.167 3/2.334 113/85 .301/.354/.388/.742 .717/.750 .729 105/.738 0/1 0/1
14.Infante G/S/vP 18/.236 8/.625 3/.666 26/.644 3/1.500 ··· 3/2.334 1/.000 10/.422 ··· 106/81 .277/.337/.404/.741 .467/.827 .839 97/.755 1/0 2/1
27.Maxwell G/S/vP 6/.334 1/.000 ··· 8/.250 ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 23/11 .190/.261/.238/.499 .258/.764 .552 23/.499 0/1 0/0
8.Moustakas* G/S/vP 9/.472 7/.715 1/.000 8/.250 6/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· 1/2.000 4/.000 96/83 .149/.219/.333/.552 .322/.585 .352 88/.606 0/0 4/2
32.Paredes# G/S/vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/1 .000/.000/.000/.000 /.000 .000 1/.000 2/0 0/
13.Perez G/S/vP 7/1.571 5/1.400 2/3.500 5/1.000 3/.333 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.750 104/82 .245/.317/.404/.722 .384/.803 .758 97/.633 1/0 2/3
19.Valencia G/S/vP 26/.708 6/1.500 5/.400 ··· ··· 3/.000 1/.000 2/.000 5/.600 6/1.100 14/5 .286/.286/.500/.786 1.000/.400 .250 14/.786 0/0 1/1
IP 33.1 10.1 10.2 4.1 33.0 1.2 11.0 18.1 14.1 8.2 TOTAL .261/.315/.367/.682 .599/.705 .743 .697 20/8 11/21
ERA-K/9 2.16/5.1 5.23/15.7 4.22/5.0 4.15/8.4 3.82/10.4 16.20/10.6 4.09/6.5 2.45/7.4 6.28/10.1 8.31/16.6 4.64/8.3

 Catcher Def.
 (SB-CS-PB)
 Hayes (0-0-1)
 Perez (10-6-1)

OF G: LF / CF / RF - A

BF/BA 136/.268 49/.225 43/.167 21/.200 139/.254 9/.556 45/.088 74/.273 67/.323 42/.273 .257  Gordon
 Dyson
 Aoki
 Maxwell
26/0/0/3
0/12/0/2
0/0/25/0
1/5/2/0
OPS .709 .692 .563 .800 .732 2.000 .443 .765 .922 .913 .766
vs LHB (BF-OPS) 33/.845 24/.725 24/.442 11/.650 86/.754 6/1.833 19/.590 45/.866 33/1.188 21/.611 .804
vs RHB (BF-OPS) 103/.669 25/.660 19/.715 10/.971 53/.697 3/2.333 26/.308 29/.607 34/.669 21/1.257 .727
Road 85/.431 24/.482 20/.954 9/.611 94/.628 / 23/.372 31/.687 37/1.015 27/1.292
Last 28d days 106/.811 48/.708 38/.496 21/.800 119/.763 9/2.000 40/.506 74/.765 49/.879 35/.829
HR/SB/CS 1/0/0 0/4/0 1/1/0 1/1/0 3/7/1 2/0/1 0/2/1 1/2/0 4/1/0 1/3/0 22/27/5
Usage ·····X·· ·X··o·o· ·X·Xo··· ·······X X·····X· ····X··· ····o··o X····XoX ·o·o··X· ·X··X··o

Usage -- each character represents the number of pitches thrown by the pitcher for yesterday, two days ago, three days ago, ...., up to eight days ago:
· - did not pitch; o - less than 16 pitches; X - at least 16 pitches (the median relief outing)
An Example ( ·X···o·X ): Yesterday off, 16 or more pitches, three days off, less than 16 pitches, day off, 16 or more pitches (8 days ago). Yesterday is in bold for improved scanning.